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Stupid Strap lock

badboy1984

badboy1984

Mar 27, 2007
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United Kingdom
#1
This is very weird, My warwick corvette don't have the strap lock when i bought it. So i decide to go buy the warwick strap lock to fit to my bass. So i went and bought it and try fit it in at home and guess what.

The strap lock screw went fit on the bass because the stock strap buttom uses a bigger screw. So their is no way i can fit those strap lock now. =.=
 
#3
Can you go to a hardware store and buy a screw that will fit the bass and fit through the strap lock button?

Alternately, if the existing hole in the bass is too large, glue a toothpick to the inside of the hole...a smaller screw will work just fine after that.
 
#6
I have straplocks on 2/4 of my basses. Personally, they're way too much trouble and gimmicky. I just found really good straps to go with my basses instead.
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Your the first and only person ive ever heard describe straplocks as "gimmicky". They have saved my basses countless times. I am the kinda guy that goes pretty nuts on stage though so if you dont move around alot I can see where a good strap would be plenty. The warwick locks are all different, buy mine was kinda set in so i had to dremel a bit off to get them to fit in, doesnt sound like the problem you are having. I have had that problem before though. If its possible, use the old screws that came with your normal strap buttons. Straplocks always include huge screws so they are really locked into the bass, but sometimes its not nessecary.
 
#8
For me it isn't having a strap that holds onto a bass tightly. I've found several. And if I really wanted I could use washers or Grolsch bottles and not worry about my bass ever coming off. For me it's being able to put the strap on and take it off the bass quickly, and that's why I like the Dunlops so much.
 
#9
I love the Dunlop Dual Designs. Compared to Schallers the lock mechanism is superior, and the button will hold an unlocked strap much better. IME.


meev992 said:
If I showed you one that would stayed on, no matter what, without locks, would you be interested :)?
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Why are you holding out? Which do you use? The ones with the built-in twist-locks?
 
#10
badboy1984 said:
This is very weird, My warwick corvette don't have the strap lock when i bought it. So i decide to go buy the warwick strap lock to fit to my bass. So i went and bought it and try fit it in at home and guess what.

The strap lock screw went fit on the bass because the stock strap buttom uses a bigger screw. So their is no way i can fit those strap lock now. =.=
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Insert a few toothpicks into the hole with some woodglue, then insert the new screw. Problem solved.

No strap stays on, no matter what, unless it is mechanically fastened to the bass. Any strap will eventually slip.
 
#12
badboy1984 said:
This is very weird, My warwick corvette don't have the strap lock when i bought it. So i decide to go buy the warwick strap lock to fit to my bass. So i went and bought it and try fit it in at home and guess what.

The strap lock screw won't fit on the bass because the stock strap buttom uses a bigger screw. So their is no way i can fit those strap lock now. =.=
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OK. You can remedy this.

Go to the hardware store and by a dowel pin that has slightly larger diameter than the hole in the bass.

Cut a length of dowel pin that equals the depth of the hole in the bass.

Shave the dowel pin a bit so that it fits the hole.

Place some Elmer's wood working glue in the hole and fit the dowel pin.

Let this dry for 24 hours.

Drill a hole in the dowel pin for the new strap lock screw.

You should be good to go!

I have had good luck with the Warwick strap locks, as well as Dunlop. I won't play without them!

Peace!
 
#13
Badboy,

What most guys usually do in this case, is use the original screws and grind or file the heads of the original screws a little narrower until they fit inside the straplock button. And you might need to open the hole up on the straplock buttons too, so the screws to pass through.

Or you can return the Warwick straplocks and go buy Dunlop straplocks since they also have the bigger screws, I've installed them on many older Warwicks just fine.

I don't like using the toothpick method to fill strap button holes because toothpicks are made from a very soft wood. If I need to make a hole smaller, then I would dowel it, and re-drill it.
 
#14
Fuzzbass said:
Why are you holding out? Which do you use? The ones with the built-in twist-locks?
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:)

At the time, I needed a strap for my new bass, and Musiciansfriend gave me a $25 freebie. I ordered this strap (actually, the one with razor blade graphics) because it was on sale at the time. I was skeptical at first about the durability of the strap. I was mostly in it for the easy-to-clean part, because I have sensitive skin. It turns out that this strap is very comfortable, and the...holes? That wrap around the strap button? Never worn out. In fact, it takes a good deal of effort to take off the strap, so I know that my bass will be secure.

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#15
guy n. cognito said:
Insert a few toothpicks into the hole with some woodglue, then insert the new screw. Problem solved.

No strap stays on, no matter what, unless it is mechanically fastened to the bass. Any strap will eventually slip.
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I dropped my Rickenbacker 4001 mere hours after purchasing it, after the strap slipped off the tiny strap buttons. So I bought a strap with plastic locks and leather ends with very tiny holes. I bolted the strap to my bass through those holes and it has stayed on there for 20 years like that. Except for when I took it back off and sent it to a shop to have the leather re-stitched.

I have to re-screw the buttons in every once in awhile, but it never comes off.
 
#16
There's no need for glue. Sick a toothpick in the hole and break it off flush, stick the point of another toothpick in and tap it in with a hammer as far as it will go, and break it off flush. Repeat until you can't get any more in.

The glue is not needed and the softness of the wood is not a factor because all the stress on the screw is sideways, and cramming them in like I do makes it nearly as hard as the native wood. Nearly all my guitars and basses have had this done, and not a one of them has ever come loose. Only on one of them have I had to do it a second time, and it was after about 20 years.

If you insist on using glue, let it dry before you put the screw in, else you'll hate it if you have to change a strap button.

All my instruments have straplocks, too. One drop was enough to convince me that they are worth it. My first straplock was before they had been invented; I replaced the front button on my Les Paul with a screw-in eyebolt, and I bent a piece of coathanger wire into a clip that attached to the eye on the outside of the strap. It held for nearly 30 years; I finally got around to putting a real straplock on it last year.
 
#17
meev992 said:
:)

At the time, I needed a strap for my new bass, and Musiciansfriend gave me a $25 freebie. I ordered this strap (actually, the one with razor blade graphics) because it was on sale at the time. I was skeptical at first about the durability of the strap. I was mostly in it for the easy-to-clean part, because I have sensitive skin. It turns out that this strap is very comfortable, and the...holes? That wrap around the strap button? Never worn out. In fact, it takes a good deal of effort to take off the strap, so I know that my bass will be secure.

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Cool... thanks for the tip & review!
 

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